![]() ![]() The typical comic book artist sees things in terms of the frozen image. I can’t get enough of them.Īnimators have a way of seeing things that most comic book artists don’t have. ![]() Cooke is another excellent example of the strength animators bring to telling stories in comic book form. ![]() Storytellers: Animators and Comic Book ArtistsĬooke’s background in animation and storyboarding is on full display here. He only drew the first four issues, but I could talk about them for days. It’s all well and good, but I kept getting hung up on Cooke’s art. The first storyline has her helping the local prostitute population under attack from a serial murderer. ![]() In reality, she was discovering herself with Leslie Thompkins’ help, leading up to a new role as the defender of the innocent and downtrodden of Gotham City. Having Darwyn Cooke (inked by Mike Allred) for four issues will do that for just about any new series, but Brubaker’s script is a great example of how to reset a series into a new status quo.īefore this, “Catwoman” as a series had been dead for six months, and the character of Selina Kyle was thought dead in continuity. The first storyline of Ed Brubaker and Darwyn Cooke’s “Catwoman,” in particular, is magical. You’ll also get a quarter as many ads this way, too. It has been edited (and corrected, I admit) and reformatted for this reprinting. The following first saw print at CBR on 04 June 2013. ![]()
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